Google sites raked in more than a billion unique visitors in the month of May, the first time an Internet company has reached that milestone and traffic to Google properties has increased by 8.4 percent over the past year to reach the billion hit mark. This traffic includes its search engine, email service Gmail and video-sharing site YouTube…………
Google is busy releasing new versions of it’s Android operating system which it hopes will give ammunition to other tablet makers in the battle against Apple and this android update is made to run on a range of devices with a fixed screen size no longer being a creative barrier for its manufacturing partners. Google hopes this could be a notable difference that might encourage some to try non-Apple based tablet devices and android 3.2 honeycomb features support for Qualcomm processors; bug fixes; better hardware acceleration; updates for movie studio, movies, music and widgets…………
Google has just acquired SageTV, and develops software for its DVRs and home-theater PCs, for an undisclosed sum. Many thanks to Don Reisinger for providing us a lot information. Checkout his findings bellow.
Google has trademarked the name Photovine and possibly acquired the domain photovine.com. This new application dedicated to the transmission of visual images and data by telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, the Internet, information services networks and data networks. looks like the internet giant’s also picked up the corresponding domain name…………..
Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type and Google appears to be testing yet another redesign of its search engine, incorporating a new stylish colour scheme but also moving website links to a new position, underneath the title. The redesign isn’t available to all users and it comes just days after the search giant announced it was to roll out new features for both mobile and desktop search users. Google changed the look and feel of its search engine results page and in the “I’m feeling lucky” button which takes you to the very first result of the search engine results page has been removed………..
Google Wallet will be accompanied and funded by a deals network, much like Groupon, which provides discounts and a loyalty rewards program and kicks off in New York and San Francisco at retailers such as Macy’s, Subway and The Container Store and also will expand nationwide this summer. This year Groupon is on track to do nearly $3 billion in revenue and the astronomical growth of Groupon Google’s nearly $6 billion rumored-offer for the company last year seems less outrageous than it did at the time. It’s very easy to see why Google is so bullish on the local deals business, especially when you consider that nearly 80 percent of US small businesses have not yet tried them out and offers could easily become Google’s next billion dollar business a couple of years from now………….
Google updated its Sync service, in order to offer additional features to iOS devices users and this service is designed to keep your native Mail and Calendar apps constantly up-to-date, now offers many improvements, especially when it comes to exchanging information with Google’s servers. Google Sync mobile app is available for download for BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia, SyncML, Windows. Google Sync uses the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync protocol and when etting up a new Exchange ActiveSync account on your device, existing data may be removed from your phone, make sure to back up before you set up Google Sync…………
The Google Nexus 3 made a furtive appearance in the news a while back with no specs and a vague confirmation from Google that the Nexus family tree will continue to grow and now he Nexus 3 has popped up again with a little more detail to tempt your gadget tastebuds. The Google Nexus 3 (aka Google Nexus 4G in the US) is reportedly going to be released with the latest Android OS, Ice Cream Sandwich and a super-sized 720p HD screen, latest dual-core processor will be under the hood and an advanced 5-megapixel camera will be on the back. The camera will deliver Full HD video recording at 1080p and other umoured features include an impressive 1GB of RAM and also a design with no physical buttons allowing the software to handle all the navigation and shortcuts………..